tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post1430034207027890639..comments2014-07-18T09:06:22.927-07:00Comments on Roman Times: Augustus or Julius Caesar? Ostia head another puzzleMary Harrschhttps://plus.google.com/111308222033273520906noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post-10288574066476797182014-01-10T06:48:52.174-08:002014-01-10T06:48:52.174-08:00Nice blog is thisNice blog is thisSeveral tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862855091933929364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post-67672239372822003812012-04-12T09:41:13.759-07:002012-04-12T09:41:13.759-07:00I have read extensively and taken archaeology clas...I have read extensively and taken archaeology classes but I am simply a self-taught scholar who is just passionately interested in Roman culture. Before my retirement I was a director of information technology for the College of Education at the University of Oregon. Now I try to use my technology experience to share information about the ancient world with others. This includes my blogs, my Twitter posts, my Facebook posts and an image archive on Flickr licensed with Creative Commons to encourage others to use the images as illustrations in the classroom and in their own writings and research about the ancient world. I also recently began to use Pinterest, creating shared bulletin boards based on specific topics like favorite photography equipment, photography techniques and educational technology applications.Mary Harrschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01812961655356354800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post-38573257292722348882012-04-12T09:25:09.063-07:002012-04-12T09:25:09.063-07:00Hi Mary! wow - what a fantastic website! are you a...Hi Mary! wow - what a fantastic website! are you a historian/archeologist?<br /><br />theroadofdiscoveries.blogspot.comThe Road of Discoverieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11677929041720744577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post-16238239985203022572012-04-10T05:19:01.021-07:002012-04-10T05:19:01.021-07:00Correction - Augustus was in his late sixties when...Correction - Augustus was in his late sixties when the vigiles was founded in Rome and the vigiles were extended to Ostia some time after that. Sorry.Mary Harrschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01812961655356354800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post-89843222081068830712012-04-07T11:47:58.970-07:002012-04-07T11:47:58.970-07:00I agree that it may not be Julius Caesar but some ...I agree that it may not be Julius Caesar but some unknown magistrate for all we know. But I just meant to point out that in my opinion it seems to resemble other portrait heads other people have tentatively identified as Caesar. <br /><br />I read somewhere that portraits of Augustus were strictly controlled and expected to resemble an official ideal. To be fair, though, Augustus was in his forties by then and maybe he allowed a more realistic portrait to be made. <br /><br />One other thing that bothers me about the head is that the jawline does not seem to be as angular as that of the statue of Augustus in the Palazzo Massimo either and bone structure usually does not change with age. <br /><br />I&#39;m also wondering if the head was identified as Augustus merely because it is obviously a Julio-Claudian type and was found in the vicinity of the vigiles barracks. The excavators, knowing that Augustus founded the vigiles, naturally assumed it was him. <br /><br />We also need to keep in mind that even average citizens had a habit of mimicking the reigning emperor&#39;s hairstyle.Mary Harrschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01812961655356354800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6962226729961496148.post-26793539571839207222012-04-07T10:17:26.383-07:002012-04-07T10:17:26.383-07:00Hi Mary - good blog entry. The damaged head doesn&...Hi Mary - good blog entry. The damaged head doesn&#39;t really look like the traditional or stereotypical look of Augustus so I am inclined to agree with you. But given Mary Beard&#39;s recent talk on roman sculptures and assigning them quite loosely to historic figures (http://bit.ly/HqoDvE), I&#39;m left wondering if this head is really Julius Caesar...or not!MjHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01695668504463342682noreply@blogger.com